Lina Khan is a key architect of an aggressive attempt by Washington to rein in tech giants. Amazon may be next.
Lina Khan is a key architect of an aggressive attempt by Washington to rein in tech giants. Amazon may be next.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan will reportedly meet with representatives from Amazon (AMZN) next week in what could be the last face-to-face between the parties before the commission files an antitrust suit against the e-commerce giant.
I appreciate Lina Khan at least trying even if it feels like a huge uphill battle . For example the Microsoft case; even though she lost, her stance on any large acquisition has ensured some concessions are made even before it goes to trial such as the COD and Cloud agreements.
I appreciate that they tried but God damn did the FTC shit the bed with that case. Their arguments were awful and they threw so much pointless shit at the wall that even the judge was getting fed up with their BS.
The judge got fed up because her son works for Microsoft and thus the family is heavily invested–stock wise–in the company.
The judge should’ve been forced to recuse. Microsoft also should’ve had its breakup orders enforced decades ago, instead of having it tossed out by a cabal of judges.
Microsoft would be a totally different company if they didn’t have just Azure to subsidize all their own projects which operate at cost or loss to run competitors out.
Yeah, but it’s a start. The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. The more we focus on it and talk about it. The more people will demand attention to it. That attention alone might help reign them in, even if a win for the FTC won’t come for a while.
You know, unless we organize and make a 3rd political party that goes more for the people instead of their bosses. I just don’t think that will ever happen, so we got to slow walk it.
Doesn’t change the fact they still fear her, because before her the FTC chairman would bend backwards in order to promote whatever non consumer bullshit big tech needed done
Guys, Call me a future predictor but I can predict that nothings going to happen coz amazon is a trillion dollar company and lina khan gets paid fuck all and FTC is a joke.
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I appreciate Lina Khan at least trying even if it feels like a huge uphill battle . For example the Microsoft case; even though she lost, her stance on any large acquisition has ensured some concessions are made even before it goes to trial such as the COD and Cloud agreements.
I appreciate that they tried but God damn did the FTC shit the bed with that case. Their arguments were awful and they threw so much pointless shit at the wall that even the judge was getting fed up with their BS.
The judge got fed up because her son works for Microsoft and thus the family is heavily invested–stock wise–in the company.
The judge should’ve been forced to recuse. Microsoft also should’ve had its breakup orders enforced decades ago, instead of having it tossed out by a cabal of judges.
Microsoft would be a totally different company if they didn’t have just Azure to subsidize all their own projects which operate at cost or loss to run competitors out.
Honestly there wasn’t much of a case to begin tbh. Even the CMA’s best resort was going to cloud and that turned out also to be BS as well.
Most feared person keeps losing court cases.
Yeah, but it’s a start. The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. The more we focus on it and talk about it. The more people will demand attention to it. That attention alone might help reign them in, even if a win for the FTC won’t come for a while.
You know, unless we organize and make a 3rd political party that goes more for the people instead of their bosses. I just don’t think that will ever happen, so we got to slow walk it.
Doesn’t change the fact they still fear her, because before her the FTC chairman would bend backwards in order to promote whatever non consumer bullshit big tech needed done
Guys, Call me a future predictor but I can predict that nothings going to happen coz amazon is a trillion dollar company and lina khan gets paid fuck all and FTC is a joke.